Pros:
- Quiet street in Silom which is pretty central
- A Seven Eleven nearby that's open 24/7
- A gym and pool with near 24 hour access. Although the pool spends most of the day in the shade (apart from a small patch in the morning where the sunloungers are) so not great if you plan on sunbathing.
- Very secure: a fingerprint scanner outside and a card to get into the hallway and use the lift and then the room so quite a few stages of security to get to your room. That said the fingerprint scanner is a bit temperamental but there is 24/7 security who will help you in if you're stuck. That said the balcony sliding door I couldn't seem to get to lock properly.
- Washing machine and a washing rack on the balcony
- Two air conditioners means the room is nice and cool which is a relief from the intense humidity of Bangkok
Cons
- Cleanliness - Not the cleanest, very superficial cleaning of floors and surfaces, do get the odd mini cockroach, tops of cabinets etc and around the shower are pretty grim.
- Washing machine could do with a clean, found some clothes came out damp smelling.
- Also no one will come in and clean, change the sheets or replace the towels once you check in so the towels and sheets you have at the start you'll have to wash, change etc yourself. Also the pool towel (no matter how much i washed) always smelt a bit damp but again could be the washing machine.
- Resources - Beyond shampoo and shower gel you don't get any resources, no handsoap, no dish soap or anything else. I appreciate they're maybe not going to provide washing powder etc but having no handsoap anywhere, especially in covid times, seems crazy to me. Also I asked the lady at reception for another loo roll as I was flying out the next day and it seemed crazy to buy more and she laughed and said "no", when I asked her why she said "You get 3, that's it" and I said I didn't have 3 to begin with, she laughed again and said "no, no". I think it's crazy when it's only cheap loo roll to be that unaccommodating and rude frankly.
- No info - Would be good to have a little welcome document to know how things like the hob work, tried a few things and googling it but couldn't find any info but I couldn't get it going. The washing machine was fairly straightforward, although delay finish basically means delay start! This is ideal if you want to set it so the wash finishes before you wake up so you can leave stuff to dry during the day.
- Wifi - Don't really understand why because it appears to be quite quick when you test it but it seemed super unstable and unreliable and any large downloads (I had to do a few with work) often fail due to signal stability. I'm assuming this a router problem.
- It's set up like a self-catering but you're not really provided with much to cook with, there's some utensils etc but absolutely no cooking basics even things like salt etc. so bare that in mind.
Basically, It's a good base if you plan on spending all your time out in Bangkok but it's not so comfortable that you'll want to hang around in it. That said if it was cleaner and there were a few more thoughtful touches and resources in the apartment it could be really nice. Otherwise, it's a decent spot on a quiet street in a popular area with bars, shops and markets also an amazing restaurant (Eat Me) is just around the corner.